Moral struggle and religious ethics : on the person as classic in comparative theological contexts /

• Main Author: Clairmont, David A.
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Bonaventure, > Saint, Cardinal, > approximately 1217-1274.; Buddhaghosa.; Bonaventure, > Saint, > approximately 1217-1274.; Christian ethics > Catholic authors.; Theological anthropology > Catholic Church.; Buddhist ethics.; Theological anthropology > Theravāda Buddhism.; Religious ethics > Comparative studies.; Theological anthropology > Comparative studies.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction
• Questions and Contexts. Person as Classic: Questions, Limits, and Religious Motivations
• Context: The Symbolic Religious Cosmologies of Roman Catholicism and Therava-Da Buddhism
• Context: Material Simplicity in Christian and Buddhist Life
• Ideas, Practices, and Persons. Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa: From Ideas to Practices
• Bonaventure and Buddhaghosa: From Practices to Persons
• Personal Horizons: Moral Struggle, Religious Humility, and the Possibility of a Comparative Theological Ethics
• Appendix: Some Common Buddhist Lists, Their Relation, and Their Significance in Abhidhamma
• Bibliography
• Index.